YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

Good points. One problem we have is that we use mental health symptoms or terms as general adjectives, something that can come back to haunt us in this situation. If we could invest $1 for each time we use our home-school diagnostic skills into funding MH programs with actual trained professionals, ...

This episode is terrific. I listened this afternoon and then asked my partner to listen with me tonight. Jimmy's story is very strong and his description of his therapy history is excellent. But their processing of the fallout of Robin Williams suicide was - just wow. And thank you.

That's the loveliest thing to say ... I didn't stop for a minute to consider being gentle on myself, I've been so busy beating myself up for not "handling" this separation well. You really turned my thought process around. Right here in this moment, I feel better. Thanks!

It was an interesting show. Probably my third or fourth podcast from this show, so I'm still getting the vibe. I thought Nash seemed unprepared for the level of scrutiny the show seems to pursue, but I give him credit for trying to dig deep. I don't mean unprepared like he didn't care, but just that...

Hey MsJ99,

I found the podcast about a week ago. I'm sort of excited to have so many back episodes to listen to and also overwhelmed. Do you listen to back episodes?

My partner of 12 years went out of town this week and I'm handling it very poorly. I had to get up early to take her to the train station and my sleep got all out of whack. I have constant headaches, heartburn, etc. I'm also having all sorts of intrusive thoughts and fearful thoughts. I've been tryi...

Hello. I'm 43 and living with anxiety & bipolar disorder. I've been with my partner for 12 years. I am "officially" disabled so I work PT from home. I found this show after I read a New York Times piece about Maria Bamford. I found her appearance on the show and have been hooked. I am ...